Many people want to become actors, however it is not easy. It is not as easy as calling yourself an actor and then rake in the money. The serious study of acting takes time and effort. Some people get a degree in drama or theater to become an actor. Some people work during the day and study acting at night.

If you are driven to act for a living then you will find a way. Many cities have community theater groups that allow you to hone your acting skills. Most community colleges and some vocational schools have drama or acting classes available.You can find a quick rundown here These classes will cover classic acting methods and method acting.

Classic acting technique attempts to recreate the appearance and sounds of a feeling or emotion. An actor utilizing classic acting would watch a person cry and then move their face to resemble a person crying. They might also make the sound of sobbing if the crying was particularly heavy.

A method actor in the same scene that requires crying would either try to remember a time in their life when they cried deeply or they would have experienced what the character had experienced in their mind and could genuinely react based on the pain they felt.